PLOVER STORY: Spur-winged Plovers Nesting > What would have been Day Twenty... (18 Nov 07) (4)
Once upon a time, there was a Plover nest here. Once upon a time, two little chicks were growing up fast and learning how to survive against so many odds...so brave and confident and yet so vulnerable, snatched cruelly in the dark by the raging waters of the rising river. It seemed unbelievable to me that just two days ago I had been reveling in their success, marveling at how fast they were growing up, how steady they were on their newly long legs, how sure of themselves. And now they are gone. There was not even any sign of the parents - were they washed away too? Other news from 18th November 2007...
